Carrot Cake for Mum

Carrot Cake

NO NO...not the chinese hawker version with the crisp top and a option of black and white. the traditional American Carrot Cake! *bleah*. for the benefit of the doubt, Carrot cakes are made using freshly grated carrots and a whole bunch of other spices. tt probably explains my affinity to the lovely cake, spices..*ahh*..and not to mention the lovely cream cheese toppings. *yumz*.. after my purchase of the list of ingredients many weeks ago, procrastination got the better of me and as a result, i didn't get down to actually baking the cake until my mum's bdae. second reason of course being tt i throughly was satisfied with my carrot cake fix from cedele and honestly could not put in the extra effort to bake my own. hence when opportunity knocked on the door, i seized it by the neck! an order came in just about time as well for a mother's bdae (what coincidence!) and i made the suggestion for the lovely carrot cake. this was generously accepted of course.hehe. so then i present to u Sihan's Carrot Cake. *gulp*...

the former attempt turned out alright and was well recieved by my customer and his family... but unfortunately, my second attempt was a flop!!! *argh*..got the oven temp slightly mixed up and set it at 350F instead of 325F. as a result, the cake turned up a little hard. but it was still okie by my opinion..loved the crunch of the walnuts in the batter. Meanwhile, some more work has to go into this.. perhaps i shld add a little more sugar the next time, its a little on the blend side... oh well...

thanks goodness the bdae celebration was done in a jiffy. cake ready and done in a hour. set ard the table as mummy aka the bdae gurl got serenaded by my older brother. made her wish, blew the candle and the cake was cut... hehe. glad tt at least she enjoyed the short moment. tts our family for you, *chop chop* and fast. ahha. bah..wat are birthdays anyway? u only grow older...

Happie Bdae Mum. May u grow old with grace...